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June/July 2004 

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First steps on the journey

Mother-to-Mother Ministry: Endings and Beginnings

Weekend Visioning Retreat for Congregational Leaders

Making Your Church Safe for Children

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First steps on the Journey

Kara and Amy

And it came to pass ... Kara was ordained May 16, 2004. Right, Kara's friend Amy. Photo by John Kleinschmidt.
As I write this, I am about to graduate from Vanderbilt Divinity School and will be ordained at Bellevue Christian Church, Nashville, in just a few short days. I have served at Bellevue for two of my three years as a student. It has been an amazing and affirming place and I look toward my ordination with a feeling of gratitude for the path I have already traveled.
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Mother-to-Mother Ministry: Endings and Beginnings

They mingled: the joyful celebration of 35 years of the innovative and effective Mother-to-Mother Ministry along with the sorrow of losing staff and funding from the Disciples of Christ through Disciples Home Missions.
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Weekend Visioning Retreat for Congregational Leaders

... "I caution that the outcome will only be a microcosm of what the full Claiming God's Vision program has to offer."
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Making Your Church Safe for Children

"When you attend church this Sunday, take a look around at the people in your congregation. For every five women and eight men in your church, statistics show one woman and one man were sexually abused by the time they were 12. The majority of these people knew the person who abused them."
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